Cinema Narcs

First-time director Panos Cosmatos seems to share my own love for late-70′s/early-80′s science fiction atmosphere. With his inaugural film, “Beyond the Black Rainbow“, Cosmatos looks to have fully immersed himself in the sleek, stylistic natures of a different kind of grindhouse genre, one that favors static white plastics over grimy streets, omni-tailored jumpsuits and finely [...]

MOVIE – “Chronicle” DIRECTOR – Josh Trank WRITER – Max Landis SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW –If the name Max Landis sounds familiar to you, then that’s because you’re a fan of Masters of Horror. He wrote the episode Deer Woman, which was directed by his father. His father? Why, he’s none other than [...]

So, do you want an epic trailer, or do you want an epic trailer?  In 2006, director Timo Vuorensola had an idea for a science fiction film, and over the course of two years, he and his cast and crew pooled their own money, shot a trailer for their movie, and took it to the Cannes [...]

MOVIE - “Battlespace” DIRECTOR – Neil Johnson WRITER – Neil Johnson SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW ‑Iva Franks Singer, who plays The Watcher, has a long career of interesting bit parts in movies.  She appears in Heat, Bordello of Blood, and Jerry Maguire; unfortunately, all of those roles are cameos or walk-ons, as a waitress, a [...]

MOVIE – “The Monster That Challenged The World” DIRECTOR - Arnold Laven WRITERS – David Duncan, Pat Fielder SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW -The Salton Sea might be the most interesting character in the movie.  The Salton Sea, located right over the San Andreas Fault and, for long periods of the 1950′s, it was a [...]

MOVIE – “Mars Needs Women” DIRECTOR - Larry Buchanan WRITERS – Larry Buchanan SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW – The “Land of the Giants” connection continues, as “Mars Needs Women” star Yvonne Craig did an episode back in 1970. – Warren Hamm can be seen in one of my favourite MST3K Experiments, “The Eye Creatures” [...]

MOVIE – “Queen of Outer Space” DIRECTOR - Edward Bernds WRITERS – Charles Beaumont, Ben Hecht SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW -The star of this movie is none other than Zsa Zsa Gabor, one of three Gabor sisters to make it big in Hollywood. Eva went first, then Zsa Zsa, then Magda.  Zsa Zsa is [...]

MOVIE – “Village of the Giants” DIRECTOR - Bert I. Gordon WRITERS – Bert I. Gordon, Alan Caillou SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW – Tommy Kirk can be seen in classic Mystery Science Theatre 3000 much-ado, “Catalina Caper”. And in keeping with tonight’s “giant” theme, he had a part in 1995′s “Attack of the 60 [...]

MOVIE – “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” DIRECTOR - Nathan Juran WRITERS – Mark Hanna SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW – Director Nathan Juran had a thing for giants.  In addition to “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” he also directed “The Deadly Mantis” (about a giant mantis), “Land of the Giants” (about a [...]

Well, last night was an experiment.  Two liveblogs were attempted, one for “Them!” and one for “The Cosmic Monster.” One of these liveblogs was very successful; one of them was stymied by general confusion, mild technical problems, and my inability to wake up to an alarm clock like a normal person. The opening liveblog, “Them!” [...]